The judgment of the single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court (DHC) in GMR Energy Ltd v Doosan Power Systems India Pvt Ltd1 deals with a plethora of contentious arbitration issues, including the legality of arbitration tribunals deciding upon their own jurisdiction, the legality of Indian parties choosing a foreign seat, impleading of non-signatories, the Kompetenz-Kompetenz principle and the arbitrability of piercing the corporate veil. In this case comment, the author attempts to deconstruct the court’s reasoning, and relate this to existing case law.